How to get pytz timezone from common abbreviation (PST, EST, etc.)?

Question

This is a similar question as How to get the common name for a pytz timezone eg. EST/EDT for America/New_York , except I want to be able to just get a timezone from \"PST\" from

Answer 1

Have you tried using strptime with the %Z format code? I've never done it myself, but at least in theory you should be able to put in the tz code there and it should get translated into a tzinfo (embedded in the datetime/time object)